Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Singapore, 1988

by: Higgins, Robert P

Publication date: 1988

Topics: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Smithsonian Institution, Marine invertebrates, Zoology

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Digitizing sponsor: Smithsonian Field Book Project

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English; la

Robert P. Higgins, born in 1932, is an invertebrate zoologist who held various positions at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Natural History, 1968-1996. The Smithsonian Institution Archives house field notes that document his collecting trips around the world.This field book includes a printed list of codes and abbreviations for supplies, methods for collecting samples and species names. Then 6 leaves of printed forms out 26 are filled in pencil with field notes; they cover "Singapore, Southern Islands near an island west of a Shell Oil refinery" near Semakan Island, and were taken on April 18, 1988. They give coordinates and habitat descriptions

Abstract: Robert P. Higgins, born in 1932, is an invertebrate zoologist who held various positions at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Natural History, 1968-1996. The Smithsonian Institution Archives house field notes that document his collecting trips around the world.This field book includes a printed list of codes and abbreviations for supplies, methods for collecting samples and species names. Then 6 leaves of printed forms out 26 are filled in pencil with field notes; they cover 'Singapore, Southern Islands near an island west of a Shell Oil refinery' near Semakan Island, and were taken on April 18, 1988. They give coordinates and habitat descriptions.